Gallup Reports Record-High Support For Marriage Equality

By
On Top Magazine Staff
Published:
May 22, 2014

A Gallup survey released Wednesday
reported its highest support yet for allowing gay and lesbian couples
to marry.

When pollsters asked 1,028 adults, “Do
you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be
recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional
marriages?” 55 percent answered that such unions should be valid.
Forty-two percent said they should not.

Gallup first recorded majority (53%)
support for marriage equality in 2011.

The
polling firm noted that while only 30 percent of Republicans
support same-sex marriage, they have nearly doubled their support for
it since 1996, the first year Gallup asked the question.

However, a Washington Post-ABC
News survey conducted in March found even higher support, with 59
percent of participants saying they support allowing gay couples to
marry.